The CLARITY Act failed to move forward—and that was not really surprising.
On September 15 (U.S. Eastern Time), the U.S. Senate held a procedural vote: 49 voted in favor, 50 against, not reaching the 60 votes required to advance.
Over the past 24 hours, the broader market clearly pulled back; instead, a few very special assets strengthened against the trend.
For example, Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP surged by as much as about 30% over the past 24 hours.
Another one worth watching is Arc, from Circle. Arc’s mainnet was launched early at 9:00 AM Beijing time on September 16.
And there was already a striking phenomenon beforehand: USDC on Arc showed nearly a 100% market premium.
That means the market was willing to pay a clearly higher price than $1 to get early access to USDC liquidity on the Arc chain.
The logic behind this is actually easy to understand: a new chain just goes live → native liquidity is scarce → capital rushes to enter → USDC on-chain shows a short-term premium.
This is also why, when a new public chain first starts, you often see some extremely exaggerated prices.
The high premium seen early on Arc mostly reflects on-chain liquidity, cross-chain entry points, and capital scarcity—not that “one USDC is worth $2 by itself.”
After Arc’s mainnet went live, over the past 24 hours, some “top-tier” targets—for instance, ARGUS LONG TOLLY—clearly skyrocketed, with gains ranging roughly from 5 to 9 times.
On September 15 (U.S. Eastern Time), the U.S. Senate held a procedural vote: 49 voted in favor, 50 against, not reaching the 60 votes required to advance.
Over the past 24 hours, the broader market clearly pulled back; instead, a few very special assets strengthened against the trend.
For example, Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP surged by as much as about 30% over the past 24 hours.
Another one worth watching is Arc, from Circle. Arc’s mainnet was launched early at 9:00 AM Beijing time on September 16.
And there was already a striking phenomenon beforehand: USDC on Arc showed nearly a 100% market premium.
That means the market was willing to pay a clearly higher price than $1 to get early access to USDC liquidity on the Arc chain.
The logic behind this is actually easy to understand: a new chain just goes live → native liquidity is scarce → capital rushes to enter → USDC on-chain shows a short-term premium.
This is also why, when a new public chain first starts, you often see some extremely exaggerated prices.
The high premium seen early on Arc mostly reflects on-chain liquidity, cross-chain entry points, and capital scarcity—not that “one USDC is worth $2 by itself.”
After Arc’s mainnet went live, over the past 24 hours, some “top-tier” targets—for instance, ARGUS LONG TOLLY—clearly skyrocketed, with gains ranging roughly from 5 to 9 times.
